Human Resources committee  I can start. I completely agree with you. The community support has been outstanding. Everyone at my child's school has helped whenever they could. My employers and all my friends have told me to do whatever it takes to help my son. The charity involvement has been incredible, so much so that I now have become one of the vice-presidents at Leucan, on the Quebec side.

Human Resources committee  I don't know if we can really compare the situation of someone who has gone missing or has been murdered or is a victim of crime with that of someone who has a kind of critical illness. First of all, your child is with you while you're going through the illness. However, I don't want to say one is more traumatic than the other.

Human Resources committee  The first recommendation is to extend the minimum period from 37 to 52 weeks. The second is to raise the age limit from 18 to 21. And the last recommendation is to build flexibility into the benefits so you can share or stop them as needed during that period, depending on the child's needs in each case.

Human Resources committee  Hello. My name is Annie Guérin, and I am the mother of a child with a brain tumour. I'd like to thank you for this opportunity to speak before you today. Before I begin, I should state that although I am a federal civil servant, my statements here today are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.